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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rac'as

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *raidaz (whence Old English ræde (“ready to ride, mounted (on a horse)”).

Adverb

*rac'as

  1. horseback (on the back of a horse)

Derived terms
  • *rac'astadak
  • *raccu

Descendants
  • ⇒ Estonian: ratsa
  • ⇒ Finnish: ratsain, ratsailla
  • ⇒ Karelian: raččahalla, raččahassa
  • ⇒ Livonian: ratsõl
  • ⇒ Livvi: raččahas, raččahin
  • ⇒ Ludian: raccahil
  • ⇒ Veps: rachau
  • ⇒ Võro: ratsa
  • ⇒ Votic: rattsaa, rattsaza

Further reading
  • ratsa in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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